Tobacco-can attachment.



O. BJELLAND.- TOBACCO CAN ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1912.

1,M55,366 Patehted Nov. 26, 1912 i E ad vvantot Witnesses Oliver Bjeucmoi UNITED STATEg PATENT UFFlfiE.

OLIVER IBU'ELLAND, OF MAJEIETTA, WASHINGTON.

TOBACCO-CAN Armcmnr.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 28, 1912.

Application filed May 27, 1912. Serial No. 700.033.

. lowing to be a full, clear, and exact descrip- .tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to special receptacles and packages, and more particularly to those intended for dispensing paper sheets; and the object of the same is to produce an attachment for an article of pocket use such as a smoking tobacco can, to contain loose cigarette papers or a book of such papers. This object is accomplished by constructing the attachment as hereinafter described and claimed and as shown in the drawings wherein.-.

- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pocket tobacco can with the cover raised and this attachment mounted on one edge thereof. Fig. 2 is. an elevation of the attachment removed and viewed from its interior. Fig. 3 is a central horizontal section across the mid length of the attachment, showing a finger tip in the act of drawing a cigarette paper therefrom. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank from which this attachment is made, the dots indicating the lines on which the material is given its sharper bends in forming the completed device. Fig. 5 is a perspectivedetail of a slight modification.

This attachment is preferably made of light sheet metal such as tinv or galvanized iron, stamped originally into the shape shown in Fig. 4, and comprising a substantially rectangular body 1 formed with a longitudinal slot 2 throughout nearly its length and the-sides of the slot at the center of the length of the latter cut out as at 3 so as to produce a lateral enlargement at this point, the metal at the extremities of the slot being bent inward into short lips 4 against which the ends of the cigarette papers 5 will strike when they are in place. The body is given a general curvature which conforms with that of one edge of the ordinary tobacco can when it is to be attached thereto as shown in the drawings, and said curved edge forms the inner wall of the pocket for containing the papers, while the curved body 1 of the attachment forms the outer wall and is pierced with the openings described and through which the papers can be drawn singly in the manner indicated n Fig. 3. The edges of the body are bent inward into flanges 6 which stand against the edges of the papers 5 to prevent their displacement laterally, the same as the lips 4 prevent their displacement longitudinally. The papers are obviously inserted either 1n a bunch when they are loose or in book form when they are bound, by passing one edge through the slot 2 and into the receptacle as far. as' possible, then curling the bunch or the book and inserting the other edge through the slot in the opposite direction, and finally flattening out the bunch or the book; and the sheets are obviously removed one at a time by moistening the tip of the finger and reversing this operation.

In stamping out the blank from which this attachment is made, strips 7 are formed near the four corners of the blank and projecting longitudinally therefrom, and later these are bent first into shoulders 8 which are shaped so as to rest against the edge of 'the can, and then into hooks 9 which are adapted to be sprung over the upper end of the can'at its mouth M under its cover C, and over the bead B at the lower end of the can. If the latter be of different shape from that shown in the drawings, the hooks will be formed accordingly, and if the attachment be applied to a flat side of any can the body 1 will not be given the transverse curvature illustrated. The material from which this attachment is made may be plated, japanned, painted, or otherwise ornamented; and it is quite possible that it may be removed from one can to another.

The modification illustrated in Fi 5 includes the same slotted body with its side flanges, but it is cut with tongues 6' which project toward said flanges near the corners of the body, and the strips 7 are of separate pieces of metal, the body ofeach strip being slidably mounted between a flange and a tongue and its projecting end having the same shoulder and hook as above described. When the invention is modified to this extent the attachment is capable of being aflixed to a larger can than shown in Fig.

1, because the strips can he slid out as wi be clear.

same consisting of a substantially rectangular body pierced with a longitudinal slot laterally enlarged at its mid-length, inturned lips at the extremities of said slot adapted to'stand against the ends of the papers, inturned flanges along the edges of the body adapted to stand against the edges of the papers, and longitudinally extending strips at the corners of the body having their projecting portions formed into two pairs of hooks adapted respectively to engage the upper and lower ends of said can.

2. The herein described cigarette paper holder for attachment to tobacco cans, the same consisting of a substantially rectangular metallic body curved to conform with the shape of the edge of such can and pierced with a slot, inturned flanges along the edges of said body adapted to stand against the edges of the papers and rest against the can, tongues cut from the body and projecting toward said flanges, and longitudinally projecting strips at both ends of the bod slidably mounted between said flanges and ends bent first inward into shoulders adapted to rest against the can, and thence into hooks adapted to be sprung over the upper end of the can at its mouth and under its cover, and over the bead at the lower end of the can.

3. The herein described cigarette paper holder for attachment to tobacco cans, the same consisting of a rectangular body of sheet metal pierced with a slot and having inturned portions along the edges of the body and the ends of said slot adapted to inclose the cigarette papers, and strips extending longitudinally from the corners of said body and having their outer ends bent tongues, and having their outer said flanges; of metallic strips projecting longitudinally from the corners ofsaid body and having their outer ends formed into hooks adapted to engage the upper and lower ends of the can,.the bodies of certain said strips being slidably mounted between said flanges andtongues.

5. In a cigarette paper holder for at- Y tachment to tobacco cans, the combination with a metallic body shaped to conform to the contour of the can and pierced with an opening through which said papers may be drawn, and members carried by said body and projecting from it at opposite sides and at opposite ends of said opening so as to define a space for the cigarette papers; of

hooks carried by. two corners of said body' and adapted to engage one end, of the can, two other hooks adapted to engage the other end of the can, and an adjustable connection between the shanks of the last-named hooks and said body, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OLIVER BJELLAND.

WVitnesses:

SABINE L. CARR,

HOWARD LAMOREAUX. 

